This month, the tables are turned when New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen joins the show as guest-host to interview Jack and James M. Scott to discuss TARGETED: BEIRUT - THE 1983 MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING AND THE UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY OF THE WAR ON TERROR.
BEIRUT 1983: At dawn on Sunday, October 23, 1983, a truck laden with explosives crashes into the headquarters and barracks building of the U.S. Marine Corps peacekeeping force in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 American servicemen in what was the largest non-nuclear explosion on record. What followed is one of the greatest rescue stories in history.
Jack Carr is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE TERMINAL LIST Series, and host of the DANGER CLOSE podcast and the JACK CARR BOOK CLUB podcast.
James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Nieman Fellow at Harvard. James is the author of BLACK SNOW, RAMPAGE, TARGET TOKYO, THE WAR BELOW, and The Attack on the Liberty.

00:00 - Intro
02:44 - James Scott Background
03:49 - Introducing Jack Carr
05:34 - Life-Changing Book
08:25 - My First Encounter with a Newspaper
14:06 - Strategies to Stay Motivated While Writing
15:43 - A Dive into Media Consumption
20:43 - Who We Really Admire
30:11 - When Brilliance Meets Brilliance
40:25 - Connecting with Beirut Survivors
46:39 - The Terrifying Tone That Grips Readers
47:43 - Testimony of a Survivor That Haunts Me
1:03:57 - Meet the Villains: What Makes Them So Memorable?
1:11:55 - The Untold Story Behind the Beirut Bombing Attack
1:18:30 - Linking the Beirut Bombing to Modern Israel-Hezbollah Conflict
1:21:32 - What It’s Really Like to Write Nonfiction
1:27:35 - The Emotional Toll of Writing a War Book
1:31:59 - The Complexities of Writing on Terrorism
1:38:15 - Reflecting on My Writing
1:48:32 - Lessons of War: Why History Keeps Repeating
1:52:11 - Upcoming Events
1:53:42 - The Motivation Behind Targeted: Beirut

To learn more about Annie, follow her on Instagram @anniejacobsenbooks and X @AnnieJacobsen and visit his website: anniejacobsen.com.

To learn more about James, follow him on Instagram @jamesmscott1 and X @jamesmscott3 and visit his website: jamesmscott.com.

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